Lucifuga subterranea
Lucifuga subterranea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Ophidiiformes |
Family: | Bythitidae |
Genus: | Lucifuga |
Species: | L. subterranea
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Binomial name | |
Lucifuga subterranea Poey, 1858
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Lucifuga subterranea, or the Cuban cusk-eel, is a species of cavefish in the family Bythitidae. It is endemic to Cuba. Within the caves, sinkholes and crevices in which it occurs it is common, it feeds on cirolanid isopods.[2]
References
- ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Lucifuga subterranea". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996. IUCN: e.T12400A3340800. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T12400A3340800.en. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Lucifuga subterranea" in FishBase. February 2006 version.